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hoopoe

hoo.poe \'hu:-(.)pu:, -(.)po-\ n [alter. of obs. hoop, fr. MF huppe, fr. L 
   upupa, of imit. ori]gin : any of several Old World nonpasserine birds 
   (family Upupidae) having a s lender decurved bill